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480 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 361 -363 - -JULY 26, 1949 [63 STAT. not more than three members and may appoint such nominees to con- stitute the joint board. Members of joint boards when administering the provisions of this part shall receive such allowances for travel Termination, and subsistence expenses as the Commission shall provide. A joint board shall continue in existence for the consideration of matters referred to it by the Commission until such time as its existence may Substitution of be terminated by the Commission. A substitution of membership membership. upon a joint board from any State may be made at any time by nomi- nation and appointment in the same manner as an original nomination and appointment." Approved July 26, 1949. July 26, 1949 [. 447] [Public Law 186] Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, amend- ment. 52 Stat. 1015. 49 U.S. . 622. Penalty. 52 Stat. 1007 . 49U.S.C.§i551- 560; Supp. II, 551 . Death or bodily in- jury. Applicability of rules and regulations. 52 Stat. 1007 . 49U.8.0.ii551- 560, Supp. II, [ 551. [CHAPTER 362] AN ACT To amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, to regulate the transpor- tation, packing, marking, and description of explosives and other dangerous articles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 902 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by inserting after subsection (g) thereof the following new subsection: "Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles "(h) (1) Any person who knowingly delivers or causes to be deliv- ered to an air carrier or to the operator of any civil aircraft for transportation in air commerce, or who causes the transportation in air commerce of, any shipment, baggage, or property, the transporta- tion of which would be prohibited by any rule, regulation, or require- ment prescribed by the Civil Aeronautics Board, under title VI of this Act, relating to the transportation, packing, marking, or descrip- tion of explosives or other dangerous articles shall, upon conviction thereof for each such offense, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, or to imprisonment not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment: Provided, That when death or bodily injury of any person results from an offense punishable under this subsection, the person or persons convicted thereof shall, in lieu of the foregoing penalty, be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprison- ment not exceeding ten years, or to both such fine and imprisonment. "(2) in the exercise of its authority under title VI of this Act, the Civil Aeronautics Board may provide by regulation for the appli- cation in whole or in part of the rules or regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission (including future amendments and additions thereto) relating to the transportation, packing, marking, or descrip- tion of explosives or other dangerous articles for surface transpor- tation, to the shipment and carriage by air of such articles. Such applicability may be terminated by the Board at any time. While so made applicable, any such rule or regulation, or part thereof, of the Interstate Commerce Commission shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be a regulation of the Board prescribed under title VI." Approved July 26, 1949. [CHAPTER 363] AN ACTP July 26, 1949 [s. 127] To amend the Federal Airport Act so as to provide that minimum rates of wages [Public Law 187] need be specified only in contracts in excess of $2,000. Federal Airport Act, amendment. 00 Stat. 178 . 49U.S.C. i1114(b). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 15 of the Federal Airport Act is amended to read as follows: